Armin Langer studied philosophy and Jewish theologie in Budapest, Jerusalem, and Potsdam and is currently writing his doctoral dissertation in sociology at the Humboldt University in Berlin. He is the author of the book "A Jew in Neukoelln (Ein Jude in Neukoelln)" and editor of the collection "Made Foreign & Reoriented: Jewish-Muslim Interconnections (Fremdgemacht & Reorientiert – jüdisch-muslimische Verflechtungen)." He writes freelance for Spiegel Online, Die Zeit, and the Deutsche Welle, among other outlets. Since 2013, he coordinates the Jewish-Muslim initiative, Salaam-Shalom.